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0. R. SABI'N. Billiard Tablg Leveler.

' Faten'ted March 29,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHAUNGEY It. SABIN, OF BUCHANAN, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOALBERT D. HICKS, 0F SAME PLACE.

BlLLlARD-TABLE LEVELER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,556, dated March29, 1881.

Application filed February 11, 1881. (No model.)

' eled, which shall convey to the beholder the idea, as far as possible,of an ornamental finishing cap to the leg, by the use of which saiddevices, especially billiard tables, may be quickly, accurately, andpermanently leveled.

The construction of my device consists in a cylindrical cap having aflange extending a little below its bottom inclosure and a threaded boltsecured in the center of the bottom of said cap, locatedperpendicularly, with one end extending a little below said bottom,forming a short pendent pintle, and the other end extending well abovesaid bottom and upper rim of cap.

Its construction further consists in a plate convexed on its upper faceand having a semispherical depression or hole in the center of saidplate to receive the pendent pintle of the cap. The leg to which thedevice is attached has a hole formed in the lower end from the bottomupward,in which is located a threaded shouldered nut to receive theupper end of the threaded bolt.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperpendicular section of the leveler and a leg to which it is attachedFig. 2, side view, with a portion of the upper flange of the cap cutaway, showing location of the lower end of the leg; Fig.

' 3, top view of leveler, Fig. 4, top view of floorplate, and Fig. 5view of the leveler detached from the leg.

B illustrates a table-leg with shouldered threaded nut e in lower end. Dis the upper flange of the cap, and I the lower flange. F is thefloor-plate, having depression or hole S, receiving the pendent pintle.a is the threaded bolt. The nut 0 may be secured in leg B by means ofscrews through holes in the corners of its shouldered flange. (Seen inFig. 3.) Holes 0 c are made in the leveler for the insertion of lever Lwhen operating the device, Figs. 1 and 3.

It will be observed that flange Ijust clears the floor and surrounds thefloor-plate F in a manner to nearly obscure it from view, said flangeappearing to rest on the floor when looking down upon the deviceattached to the table-leg; also, that flange D surrounds and obscuresthe lower end of the leg, so that a slight lowering or raising of saidleg would not be perceptible to a casual observer.

Should it ever be found necessary, friction ballsor wheels may belocated in spherical pockets between the floor-plate F and the bottom ofthe cap, to obviate any rocking or unsteadiness of the table.

It is designed to attach a leveler to each leg of the table, (though notnecessarily so,) and to nickel-plate them,when the device is consideredto be both ornamental and useful.

In operating the device, in raising a. corner or end of a table, lever Lis inserted in hole 0 and the cap revolved to the left, which causes nutc to ascend bolt a, carrying the leg with it. Thus, with the assistanceof a spirit-level or its equivalent, the table may be quickly andpermanently brought to an exact level.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The leveler consisting of the cap with upper and lower flanges orrims, the floor-plate, having a depression or hole receiving the shortpendent pintle, and the upward extending threaded pintle, with thethreaded nut located in the supporting-leg of a table or other device,all substantially as specified, for the object set forth.

2. The supporting-leg of a billiard-table or other device, incombination with the leveler consisting of the cap with upper and lowerflanges, the floor-plate, convexed on its upper face and having centerdepression receiving the pendent pintle, the threaded nut in the legreceiving the upward-extending threaded bolt, and means for operatingsaid leveler, all substantially as specified and shown.

3. The supporting-leg of a billiard-table or other device requiring tobe leveled, in combination with the leveler, consisting of cap withflanges D I, holes 6 e, threaded bolt a and located in thetable-support, and a pendent pendent pintle, nut c, and lever L, allsubstanpintle, and means for operating said leveler, 1o

tially as specified, for the object set forth. all substantially as setforth. 4. As a means for leveling tables and siini- 5 lar devices, aleveler consisting of a cap hav- I OHAUNGEY SABIN' ing a rim or flangeextending above and be- Witnesses: 10W its horizontal inclosnre, and theupward- A. A. WORTHINGTON,

extending threaded bolt inserted in the nut ALFRED F. Ross.

